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Friday, September 17, 2010

PERSIAN-LOVE-CAKE

I have been test baking cakes and bread three times a week for the past few weeks. I noticed some of my images got mixed up with another recipes', so before I forget, this is how my Persian Love Cake recipe turned out. The cake is wonderful. It is a Chiffon Cake, but the texture turned out with fine crumb and light. Instead of iced rose petals, I used Fondant. (Double click on images to see other comments.)

Preparation:Whisk egg whites in small bowl until foamy. **Using the paint brush, brush just enough egg whites on rose petals on both sides with egg whites "lightly" - just slightly enough for sugar to stick. Otherwise, the petal would look bulky. You want a delicate looking sugar coated petals. Dry on nonstick rack at least 6 hours or overnight.* for my cake, I used Fondant to make the flowers.

Using Whisk, whisk dry mixtures together -- **6 TBsp baker's sugar, baking powder, and salt onto a parchment paper or bowl. Set aside. **I did not want the cake to be too sweet, so I have 1 TBsp less sugar.

* Beat egg yolks first till well beaten, then water, lemon zest and cardamom *(Powder - as I did not have the whole cardamoms). Beat all together until pale and foamy. Cover with plastic to keep from drying. Set aside.

**Beat Egg whites with hand whisk, if you can, in medium bowl over a towel to keep the bowl from moving or use the cake pad (just any rubber pad.)

**When the egg whites starts to foam, start adding 5 TBsp of sugar - 1 tsp at a time in streams. Keep whisking until whites resemble thick marshmallow fluff - "Thick", but still with glossy look

Once egg whites are done, back to egg yolks mixture:

*Take a large spoonful of egg yolk mixture into the bowl of Canola oil and mix it up a bit; then add into the egg mixture.

or Fondant flowers sprinkled with edible Pearl powder-- ** be aware to decorate with fondant flowers right before serving. As fondant exposed to moist surface would change its form - "flat" as in "melted" like.